Official Publication of the ILLINOIS PARK AND RECREATION SOCIETY Official Publication of the ILLINOIS ASSOCIATION OF PARK DISTRICTS OFFICERS OFFICERS President: CHARLES W. PEZOLDT Champaign President: DONALD F. BRESNAN Commissioner, Champaign President-Elect: JOHN E. LINDBERG Skokie President-Elect: EUGENE C. POMERANCE Commissioner, Elmhurst Past President: RHODELL E. OWENS Peoria Vice-Presidents: ROYCE H. HUSS Commissioner, Decatur MRS. SPENCER IRONS Commissioner, Homewood- Flossmoor Secretary: JOSEPH J. BANNON Champaign KENNETH R. MILLER Commissioner, Carbondale Treasurer: YVONNE M. KRUEGER Chicago Treasurer: PHILIP L. ROBINSON Trustee, Springfield BOARD MEMBERS Sergeant at Arms: WEBSTER D. WILEY Commissioner, Kewanee Administration Section: BOARD OF DIRECTORS RICHARD C. BUERKLE St. Charles MICHAEL CASSIDY Commissioner, Freeport Supervisory Section: ALLEN BINDER Deerfield KENNETH HALL Commissioner, East St. Louis WALTER M. KEITH Commissioner, Urbana Leadership Section: HELEN CHALMERS Arlington Heights ROBERT W. LEU Trustee, Peoria Board Members-at-Large: ROBERT S. NICHOLS Commissioner, Bensenville DR. TONY A. MOBLEY Macomb RONALD H. DODD Elmhurst ROY C. ROBERTS Commissioner, Beardstown DANIEL J. SHANNON Commissioner, Chicago Executive Director: RICHARD R. DOERING Cicero WILLIAM C. ZIMMERMAN Commissioner, Fairfield EXECUTIVE STAFF Arthur L. Schultz, Executive Vice President and Managing Editor Robert A. Stuart, Legal Counsel and Legislative Representative Dorothy L. Snyder, Business Manager Cathy Pouder, Secretary ASSOCIATION HEADQUARTERS First National Bank Building— Suite 503-7 Fifth and Adams Streets Springfield, Illinois 62701 523-4554 (Area Code 217)

photo by Chicago Tribune COVER: CHICAGO'S GRANT PARK SEPTEMBER/ OCTOBER, 1970 VOL. XXVI, NO. 5 Total No. 151 Arthur L. Schultz, Editor CONTENTS FEATURES A Special Announcement ....... 128 1970 Joint Annual Conference .... 130 A Park Man Visits Europe ........ 134 The Special Olympics ........... 137 DEPARTMENTS Associate Members ............. 126 Parks and Progress ............. 129 Parade of Products ............. 138 People and News ............... 142 Position Referral ................ 146 Books ......................... 147 Public Relations Column ......... 149 ILLINOIS PARKS & RECREATION is published six times a year at Springfield, Illinois by the Illinois Association of Park Districts. Editorial and Executive Offices, 503-7 First National Bank Building, Springfield, III. 62701. Subscription per year: Domestic $3.50; Foreign, $4.50. Single copies, 75 cents each. Second Class Postage Paid at Springfield, Illinois.